🤣🤣🤣 I know, right! The bear did great and handled the proximity much better than I did. I'm not used to being around bears, so it made me a little uneasy. It would have helped if it wasn't dark.
I have a very sturdy camper that a bear would have a tough time getting into. Your rig, I like how close it is to nature, but a hungry bear would not have any problem dragging one of you off into the woods. Yellowstone does not allow popups or tents at all because of the bear situation.
We were definitely in his neck of the woods. Since Bill was brave and went around to verify for sure what it was, he got to see the bear's size and shape. I was not so brave, so I only got to see it's eyes reflect the headlight lamp... from a distance. And I'm okay with that. ~Cris
I would have tried to pretend I didn't hear his noises and not tried to go see him, especially since it was dark and you couldn't get a good look anyway. I'd try to get some sleep with a rifle next to me in case he stuck his nose in the tent. Do you know of anyone who has gotten that annual pass and moved around every two weeks? I'm thinking Fenton is the most convenient to ABQ if you needed to get into town to get food or supplies. What's your fav one or two parks in the state? I hear that anything but the southernmost ones like City of Rocks are too cold in the winter. I wonder how much snow Fenton gets. Did you have water and/or electric in #25? How do you keep food cold and how do you wash dishes? Did the park have showers? Did you do any fishing? If so, what kind did you catch?
Thank you for watching and commenting! No water or electric at site #25. We use an ice chest for perishable food. To wash dishes we heat up water in a pan, sometimes one used for cooking. I don't believe Fenton Lake S.P. has showers. We did not go fishing. Here's a link to the website with more details about Fenton Lake State Park: www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SPD/FentonLakeActivities.html As to our favorite places in New Mexico, so far... Mills Canyon, Red River, anything along Rio Pueblo, Bandelier, Wheeler Peak, Latir Lakes... It all depends on what kind of experience you want. Fenton Lake State Park is very nice and worth the visit. We do not have any experience with the annual pass. White Rock and Los Alamos are closer to Fenton Lake than is Albuquerque.
We are very aware of our belongings and keeping a clean camp.. While it isn't readily apparent in this video, we put up everything inside the truck and th trailer when away from camp during the day and also at night. There is never trash left out. It is thrown away in appropriate receptacles each evening.
The sites at the far loop have some distance between them, though I wouldn't call any of them secluded. During our visit, we were the only ones camped in the far loop so that felt very secluded.
Consider your selves very lucky to be able to encounter a black bear, other than directly in your camp, as most "campers" are so oblivious to the wildness of nature that a bear brings out fear instead of awe and respect.
Aww. It was an interesting experience. After the fact, I think it would have been special to sleep there with a bear out doing his thing in his part of the area and us in ours. But we didn't know the bear, and Bill is right. We wouldn't have gotten any sleep.
Thank you, Roger. This is truly reassuring. We visited about it several times and even though we weren't concerned about the bear bothering us, we wouldn't have been able to sleep. It was a "good" bear; foraging around for nature-food, not people food. I didn't grow up in bear-country and had no other close-ish proximity experiences at the time, and this felt very "new." It was quite interesting. We were respectful of the bear's space and aware of him, and he seemed to be doing the same with us. It would have been nice to be able to observe him from our campsite location. It was just too dark though.
Would leave too. Bill's the man for investigating what it was. Eyes that high off the ground in the night would turn me into a magician with a disappearing trick.
ruclips.net/video/SbQpMh3TS9M/видео.html Hi Cris. This flick sure reminds me of some of your and Bill's travels. If you haven't seen it, I think you'll enjoy it.
Yeah...we've shared a few campgrounds with black bears...no problemo. But there was a news report about a local boy scout who took peanut butter into his tent against orders. A bear got into the tent and pretty much ate his face off. Sleep tight...and sweet dreams.
Well…so there’s bears in their natural habitat? Wild.
🤣🤣🤣 I know, right! The bear did great and handled the proximity much better than I did. I'm not used to being around bears, so it made me a little uneasy. It would have helped if it wasn't dark.
I tent camped there last year. Slept with a pistol lol. No bear encounters tho.
Glad you were safe. It's such a cool place.
A good trip thanks for sharing God bless you always...
You're welcome. Thank you so much for watching and the kind note.
Great pan of food mmmm👍
Thank you. It was yummy. Italian sausage, broccoli and orzo pasta with pesto sauce.
I didn't see the pasta or sauce but I saw what looked like grated cheese sprinkled on. Did you just stay the one night? Do you drive up from ABQ?
Yes, just one night. On our way through from Texas to Chaco Canyon.
I have a very sturdy camper that a bear would have a tough time getting into. Your rig, I like how close it is to nature, but a hungry bear would not have any problem dragging one of you off into the woods. Yellowstone does not allow popups or tents at all because of the bear situation.
I hear you, Butch. We now have an additional rig... a squaredrop trailer - specifically for that extra bit of security.
Super to be able to see a bear in the wilderness 👍
We were definitely in his neck of the woods. Since Bill was brave and went around to verify for sure what it was, he got to see the bear's size and shape. I was not so brave, so I only got to see it's eyes reflect the headlight lamp... from a distance. And I'm okay with that. ~Cris
I would have tried to pretend I didn't hear his noises and not tried to go see him, especially since it was dark and you couldn't get a good look anyway. I'd try to get some sleep with a rifle next to me in case he stuck his nose in the tent. Do you know of anyone who has gotten that annual pass and moved around every two weeks? I'm thinking Fenton is the most convenient to ABQ if you needed to get into town to get food or supplies. What's your fav one or two parks in the state? I hear that anything but the southernmost ones like City of Rocks are too cold in the winter. I wonder how much snow Fenton gets. Did you have water and/or electric in #25? How do you keep food cold and how do you wash dishes? Did the park have showers? Did you do any fishing? If so, what kind did you catch?
Thank you for watching and commenting!
No water or electric at site #25.
We use an ice chest for perishable food. To wash dishes we heat up water in a pan, sometimes one used for cooking. I don't believe Fenton Lake S.P. has showers. We did not go fishing. Here's a link to the website with more details about Fenton Lake State Park: www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SPD/FentonLakeActivities.html
As to our favorite places in New Mexico, so far... Mills Canyon, Red River, anything along Rio Pueblo, Bandelier, Wheeler Peak, Latir Lakes... It all depends on what kind of experience you want. Fenton Lake State Park is very nice and worth the visit.
We do not have any experience with the annual pass.
White Rock and Los Alamos are closer to Fenton Lake than is Albuquerque.
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Nice but need to clean up a little more. More camping friendly
We are very aware of our belongings and keeping a clean camp.. While it isn't readily apparent in this video, we put up everything inside the truck and th trailer when away from camp during the day and also at night. There is never trash left out. It is thrown away in appropriate receptacles each evening.
Are all the campsites close to other sites? Or are there some campsites secluded?
The sites at the far loop have some distance between them, though I wouldn't call any of them secluded. During our visit, we were the only ones camped in the far loop so that felt very secluded.
@@wobblyotteroutdoors Thank you for the information! God bless
Consider your selves very lucky to be able to encounter a black bear, other than directly in your camp, as most "campers" are so oblivious to the wildness of nature that a bear brings out fear instead of awe and respect.
Aww. It was an interesting experience. After the fact, I think it would have been special to sleep there with a bear out doing his thing in his part of the area and us in ours. But we didn't know the bear, and Bill is right. We wouldn't have gotten any sleep.
Just use the proper precautions with your food and you will be all right. If both of you had run at the bear yelling it would have run away.
Thank you, Roger. This is truly reassuring. We visited about it several times and even though we weren't concerned about the bear bothering us, we wouldn't have been able to sleep. It was a "good" bear; foraging around for nature-food, not people food. I didn't grow up in bear-country and had no other close-ish proximity experiences at the time, and this felt very "new." It was quite interesting. We were respectful of the bear's space and aware of him, and he seemed to be doing the same with us. It would have been nice to be able to observe him from our campsite location. It was just too dark though.
Would leave too. Bill's the man for investigating what it was. Eyes that high off the ground in the night would turn me into a magician with a disappearing trick.
😂 Best comment ev-er!
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Hi Cris. This flick sure reminds me of some of your and Bill's travels. If you haven't seen it, I think you'll enjoy it.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing, Paul.
Yeah...we've shared a few campgrounds with black bears...no problemo. But there was a news report about a local boy scout who took peanut butter into his tent against orders. A bear got into the tent and pretty much ate his face off. Sleep tight...and sweet dreams.
Cool... on the sharing with bears no problemo! Regarding bears eating faces... Rule number 1 - no food in the tent. So sorry to hear that happened.
What time of year was this?
In May.
Bear spray in truck and tent, I can sleep. No spray, no sleep.
I would have been waaay too lazy and had to many beers to move camp in the dark lol...
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